Note: We initally hated Chalie Boy's "I Look Good" song until we realized that he's from rural Texas. We still don't like it very much, but we've actively stopped wishing for him to get polio.Wire To Wire

. N.E.R.D. added a female to their group. What? Three guys that were widely respected as quality music makers have added a marketable femme to the mix? Great. We're looking forward to their impending wholehearted selling out-ness.

. That seems reasonable, until you read said tweet, that is: "It's interesting to c 50 Cent unite wit NY artists when he's 1 of the reasons NY hip-hop became so isolated and crumbled...Do u agree NY??" Not sure how that can be taken any other way than as a jab. Remember the Florida councilman that wanted to ban hip-hop concerts in his town?

are plotting a comeback, which begs the questions: From what? Don't you have to be established and then fall off for something to be a comeback? Perhaps it'd be more accurate for them to say they are plotting a come? Dre's